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Tamms: Scrutiny Promised For Illinois' Supermax Prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Scrutiny Promised For Illinois' Supermax Prison 05-16-09 07:22 PM Huffington Post ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Tamms Correctional Center's first warden made no apologies for christening the tough southwest Illinois prison a home for a "very unhappy inmate population." Critics wasted no time dubbing it an inhumane endeavor. Eleven years later, the debate over the lockup where the worst offenders spend 23 hours a day in their cells remains unchanged, but Gov. Pat Quinn expects a newly minted Department of Corrections chief to take a long look at the super maximum-security prison where inmates are meant to serve hard time. Quinn on Thursday tapped Michael Randle, second in command of Ohio's prison system, as Illinois' new department head. The Chicago-born Randle won't start his new job until next month, but Quinn already has made clear one assignment will be to examine prisoner treatment at Tamms...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).